Sadder (& gladder together) news for those that know Cathy Cann (wife of Gilbert (Gil) Cann, who was the author of Australian Christian books: The Mezzanine Church, and Red Alert, and Cornerstone's "Protector" for 5 or 10 yrs)
Found a text yesterday that a loved relative had sent on Saturday:
Dear Paul..
Your Aunty G. phoned tonight to say Cathy Cann passed away. Gilbert was temporarily in a nursing home. Last time I spoke to Cathy she said that Gil was loosing it a bit (this was ages ago). We don't know any of the family to send a card etc to.
bless. … xx
Oh, God, we do lose things a bit, it's true.
But we do here and now entrust to you,
ourselves, and this our sister, brother, who
you've known so well, & whom you'll keep unto
the final day of this our hidden life*,
until we are displayed, as your good plans
already give us inklings* that are rife
through-out creation, as we each began..
so weak and then were strengthened in a clan
of humans who would pay the price of love
to grow that love of God within this MAN
(both male and female, parent, child - and "dove").
* 1Thes 5:18; Eph 1:3; Col 2:12; 3:3; Rom 6:23; 8:10-25
Gil reminded me of the Apostle John, in this story as recorded by Eusebius, in (possibly) the first Church "History" to be written - in the first half of the 4th Century CE, who was quoting the earlier Clement of Alexandria.
[certainly the love, though Gil was maybe not as fiery… that sense of fiery unction might be more reminiscent of Gil's old friend some have called an apostle, John, to Australia. "Fiery" (or a Thunderer?) seems especially appropriate for the Australian John, noting that he was in point of fact called a "Smith".]
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